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A NATURAL CURE FOR 

A NATIONAL 

MALADY 



BY 

FRANK CHAPIN CUTLER 

WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 



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Copyright, 1914, by Frank Chapin Cutler 



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THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED TO 
THAT VAST MULTITUDE, WHO COMPRISE 
A LARGE PART OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD 
AND WHO ARE SUFFERERS FROM THE RE- 
SULTS OF IMPERFECT ELIMINATION OF PHYS- 
ICAL WASTE PRODUCTS, COMMONLY KNOWN 
AS CONSTIPATION 



Contents 

CHAPTER PAGE 

Preface 6 

1 Cause 8 

2 Treatment 12 

3 Fresh Air 14 

4 Pure Water 19 

5 Exercise 24 

6 Food 41 

7 Thought 73 

8 The Will 90 

9 Meditation 102 



Preface 

IF you would have health, glowing, radiant, 
robust health in which every fibre and tis- 
sue, every organ and nerve, every ligament 
and blood vessel of your system is thrilling and 
pulsating with vigor and energy, take good care 
of yourself. 

Do not be bound by sickness; do not be a 
slave to negative beliefs, when adopting and 
practicing a few simple, natural laws will enable 
you to escape from the bondage of disease and 
give you the freedom of health, your divine 
right. 

The clear eye, the alert and brilliant intellect, 
the agile and forceful physique are the product 
of a physical and mental organism cleaned, 
clarified and purified of all waste matter by the 
regular and proper functionating of every organ 
and tissue. 

The object of this book is to suggest how you 
can do this economically and effectively. Shows 
how you can get into and keep in condition to 
" express" 100% efficiency. 

Bear in mind that the human body, this won- 
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derful mechanism, this "human engine/' this 
temple of your immortal soul, which was wrought 
by the Infinite, is capable of great endurance, 
tremendous possibilities and of accomplishing 
vast and almost unlimited results. 

But it requires care. Do not neglect it. 

Give it, at least, as good attention, care and 
solicitude as you would a fine automobile, a 
good house, a beautiful horse, or dog, or cat, or 
other object of your interest and concern. 

Remember that in order for you to receive 
the benefit of these suggestions you must not 
only acquire a knowledge of the principles set 
forth, but make them an indispensable part of 
your everyday life. 

Do them until they are habitual. Then they 
are easy and pleasant. 

Then, and only then, will you derive the prof- 
itable results which such persistent, well directed 
effort will surely bring. 



THE CAUSE 

THE methods herein set forth are termed 
A Natural Cure for Constipation because 
they produce natural results in a natural 
way. 

Constipation is termed A National Malady 
because it is a disease which is common to a 
large part of the inhabitants of the civilized 
world. It is not known that uncivilized man- 
kind is thus afflicted. 

Every one is familiar with the law of cause and 
effect. 

To produce the desired results, i. e. effect the 
cure, we must first determine the cause of the 
disease and then remove it. 

The cure will inevitably follow. 

The real cause of constipation is two-fold: 

1 Errors in diet. 

2 Neglect of exercise. 

Errors in diet are improperly eating unsuit- 
able foods or combination of foods; and improp- 
erly eating suitable foods, or both. 

Neglect of exercise is too much idleness; lack 
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of desire and failure to properly exert and 
actively employ one's physical and mental 
powers. 

Imperfect digestion, inaction of the liver, 
deficient secretion in the alimentary canal, in- 
sufficient contractile muscular movement (pass- 
ive peristalsis) of the intestines are all traceable 
to this two-fold cause. 

The result is Imperfect Elimination of Waste 
Products from the system — Constipation. 

Constipation produces toxicosis, or a systemic 
poisoning by the absorbing of poisons from 
refuse material, the elimination of which has 
been delayed for any reason. 

The " natural" expression of this un-natural 
condition manifests first in headache, dullness, 
" muddy complexion," biliousness, irritability, 
mental indecision, nervousness, lack of energy. 
Later more serious conditions develop in the 
form of abscess, catarrh of the bowels, diseases 
of the liver and kidneys, appendicitis, tumor, 
cancer, etc., in short — disease. 

Disease (dis-ease) is lack of physical ease; 
failure of one or more of the physical organs to 
perform their proper function. Figuratively, 
a lack of harmony in the material constitution. 

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One or more of the members which constitute 
the grand ensemble of the physical man is 
" loafing on the job;" is creating discord; is out 
of tune. 

Disease means filth; the retention in the body 
and mind of refuse matter that should be elimi- 
nated. 

This filth is not only physical, but mental as 
well. And in the last analysis is found to be the 
real cause of all disease. 

Chronic constipation in the human physical 
and mental system is synonymous with a de- 
ranged municipal sewerage system. 

It means simply that those organs which in 
performing their functions eliminate the waste 
products are for some reason not performing 
their work thoroughly. 

As a deranged city sewerage system, by w r hich 
refuse materials are not thoroughly removed, 
causes disease in any community, just so con- 
stipation in the human organism, by which 
filth is diverted from or witheld in the natural 
channels of elimination and is retained and 
absorbed in the system, causes disease. 

If then we correct this trouble — remove this 

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real cause — we will obtain the desired results; 
effect the cure. 

If the retention in the human body of that 
which should be expelled causes disease, the 
perfect, regular and continuous ejection of this 
waste matter accomplished in the natural ways 
will lead to health. 

Now for the achievement of this end. 



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THE TREATMENT 

HE essentials to life, health, growth and 
development along any line are only two 
in number: 

1 Nourishment. 

2 Exercise. 

Simple, but comprehensive! 

This is true whether you are growing brains 
or brawn; presidents or prize fighters. 

Of course the kind of food and exercise re- 
quired depends upon the desired results. 

If you want to develop your muscles, nourish 
and exercise them. 

If you desire to educate your brain, feed and 
exercise it. 

The rule is the same in either case. The 
application only is different. 

The requisites for physical growth are fresh 
air, pure water, wholesome food, right thoughts, 
cleanliness, refreshing sleep and healthy exer- 
cise. 

And for mental development very much the 
same together with wholesome knowledge (nour- 

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ishment), use of the mental powers of thinking, 
memorizing, imagining, feeling, willing (exer- 
cise). 

All the knowledge we possess, or to which we 
may attain, is gained through the five physical 
senses (hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, touch- 
ing or feeling). Since this is true, we should 
realize the importance of so training these sense 
organs that they are keen, alert and acute. Thus 
will they convey the images, concepts and im- 
pressions from the outside world to our minds 
so we may correctly and intelligently evolve 
and build (digest and assimilate) this mental 
food through the processes of thinking, imagining, 
feeling and willing (exercise) into ideas, laws and 
principles. And to so store them as to be 
available instantly at memory's call. 

Nourishment should not only sustain life, 
but must also promote growth. And it must 
supply both energy and heat. 

The quality is, therefore, important. 



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FRESH AIR 

FRESH AIR. (The word "fresh," as used 
here, means unimpaired and untainted qual- 
ity.) This is the most essential element in 
sustaining life. The oxygen in the air is the 
most important food to life. In the breathing 
process the blood is aerated and charged with 
oxygen. The heart pumps this oxy-genated blood 
to every part of the body. This process of con- 
veying the oxygen through the blood furnishes 
the means for the oxidation process of burning 
or consuming food in the body. This is analo- 
gous to the burning of coal in a furnace, i.e., by 
means of the oxygen the process of transform- 
ing the latent energy of the foods eaten into 
potential energy — heat and power — is rendered 
possible. 

We can dispense with exercise for a consider- 
able period of time; we can exist for several 
weeks without food and for several days with- 
out water or sleep. But deprived of pure air 
for only a few minutes and the spark of life is 
extinguished. 

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air — "the breath of life" — is absolutely free 
in unlimited abundance to all? 

No need to fear that some avaricious group 
of trust makers will quietly, or otherwise, corral 
the earth's blue envelope in order to exact a 
toll from those who would use this vital element 
— pure air. 

Breath deeply. Acquire the habit. Inflate 
and deflate the lungs well at every breath. Do 
this not only while you perform some special 
exercise but also while working, resting, sleep- 
ing, — in short all the time. 

To breathe deeply hold the body erect. Inhale, 
relaxing the abdomen allowing the lower lobes 
of the lungs at the sides to fill first. This forces 
the diaphragm downward and outward and 
expands the ribs at the sides and back. The 
upper part of the lungs fills last lifting the chest 
and completing the inhalation. 

Exhalation should be accomplished in re- 
verse order. 

Practise deep breathing a few moments im- 
mediately after you awaken each morning. If 
you can do this out on a porch so much the better. 
If not, before an open window is next best. 

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helps the blood both in conveying nourishment 
to the body and in bearing waste products to 
the organs of elimination. It enlarges the 
amount of carbon dioxide thrown off in the 
breath. 

Deep breathing helps clear thinking. 

Exhaling and inhaling to the limit kneads the 
bowels by forcing the diaphragm downward 
and upward. This helps to relieve constipa- 
tion and stimulates every organ of the body. 

If you would be healthy do not starve your 
system of pure air. Your lungs automatically 
vibrate continuously, whether asleep or awake, 
in the breathing process of inhaling and exhaling 
air. Be sure you get your full share of this God 
given free-for-the-taking indispensable element. 
Get the habit of appropriating as much as pos- 
sible. Don't try to substitute a "wish-bone" 
for your backbone. But sit and stand erect so 
the lungs can vibrate freely. This will also hold 
the vital organs up in their proper position for 
functionating. 

Always breathe through the nose. This is 
important because the nose was made especially 
for this purpose. Air inhaled through the nose 
is strained of many impurities by the hairs 
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which line the nostrils and is tempered by passing 
through the air passages of the head and throat 
before it reaches the lungs. Breathing through 
the nose develops the sense of smell — the abil- 
ity to detect and recognize gases. Furthermore 
it encourages and facilitates abdominal breath- 
ing and brings into action the lower lobes of the 
lungs which occupy both sides of the chest. 
This contributes in a vital manner to the health 
and activity not only of the respiratory organs, 
but also those of the abdominal region as well. 
And indirectly to every other organ of the body, 
inasmuch as the full, free, thorough ventilation 
of the lungs by deep breathing aerates, oxygen- 
ates, purifies and enriches the blood, the "river 
of life," which reaches every part of the body. 

Do not dress so your clothing interferes with 
the free action of the respiratory organs. 

See that the rooms you occupy during your 
sleeping, as well as your waking hours are thor- 
oughly ventilated. If necessary for your com- 
fort add more bed clothing. But throw open 
the windows and let in the air. Have good, pure, 
outside air, and plenty of it, whether indoors 
or out of doors. 

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And spend as much time as you can in the 
great-out-of-doors if you would have robust 
health. 



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PURE WATER 

For Food and Cleansing 

CHEMICALLY, water constitutes over 
sixty per cent, of the weight of the hu- 
man body. It is a constituent element of 
all the tissues. It is necessary to the body. It is 
an important part of our food but does not yield 
energy because it cannot be burned. Lean 
meat and fresh fish contain about fifty per cent, 
of water; milk, oysters, clams and some fresh 
fruits and vegetables about ninety per cent. Of 
course some forms of cooking increase and others 
diminish the amount of water contained in dif- 
ferent foods. Drinking water aids intestinal 
activity. 

Much water is needed in the sensible and in- 
sensible perspiration which is constantly going 
on through the skin with its millions of pores. 

A daily internal morning bath is as beneficial 
and necessary as the daily external morning 
bath. Two or three glasses of warm (of about 
no° Fahrenheitjtemperature) or cool (of about 
yo° Fahrenheit temperature) pure water sipped 

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or drank slowly not less than one half hour before 
breakfast flushes out the stomach, kidneys and 
bladder, and aids in the essential process of 
eliminating impurities from the system. 

Light complexioned people usually like cool 
drinks and foods best, while persons with dark 
hair and skin prefer warm drinks and foods. 

Extremes of either hot or cold drinks or foods 
are undesirable, especially when taken into the 
system rapidly. Neither can be appropriated 
until the temperature has been reduced or 
raised to the normal body temperature (98.5 ° 
Fahrenheit). Furthermore extremes in temper- 
ature cannot be fully appreciated by the sense 
of taste and should therefore be avoided. 

The average adult person should consume 
eight to ten glasses (about two quarts) of pure 
water each day. It is usually better to drink 
small quantities frequently rather than large 
quantities at longer intervals. 

The daily external morning bath was men- 
tioned. 

This is a wonderful aid to the proper func- 
tionating of every organ of the body especially 
the organs of elimination. 

After your exercise take a warm bath (of about 
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ioo° Fahrenheit temperature) followed immedi- 
ately by a cold spray or shower (of about 6o° 
Fahrenheit temperature), then a brisk rub with a 
coarse towel until every pore of the skin is 
cleansed and active and of a crimson glow. 

To experience the radiant, exhilarating, buoy- 
ant feeling developed by this process is worth 
many times the time and effort for its accom- 
plishment. In order to derive the greatest bene- 
fit and pleasure from the daily bath, a good 
soap and flesh brush are almost indispensable. 

Regulate the temperature of your bath to 
suit your particular temperament. Do not be 
governed too much by the experience of the 
" other fellow" in such matters. Climbing into a 
tub of cold water may agree admirably with 
many constitutions. It is true, however, that 
many people have seriously impaired their health, 
by bathing in too cold water, who would have 
been greatly benefited by bathing in water of the 
right temperature for their individual needs. 

Some big, husky chap with a wealth of energy 
and vitality may emerge "with colors flying" 
and enjoy a splendid reaction from a bath of 40 
to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Whereas if you per- 
sisted in treating your physical organization to 

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baths of such temperatures you might soon 
oblige some friend to compose your obituary 
notice. 

If you experience a feeling of healthy exhilara- 
tion with no sensation of depression or fatigue 
after a cold bath, probably cold baths are best 
for you. But, here again, the individual color- 
ing will help you decide. If you are of the pro- 
nounced blonde type, with good vitality and a 
florid complexion, you will like the temperature 
of air or water cooler than your darker colored 
— brunette type — brothers and sisters. 

Warm water and a good soap are the best for 
cleansing. Cold water for stimulating. Do not 
have your warm bath too hot or remain in it 
too long. Do not omit the cold shower or spray 
after the warm bath else you will most likely 
take cold and furthermore you will miss the 
energizing and stimulating effect. 

Often it is better to remain standing — keep 
the feet — in the warm water while applying the 
cold. Then dash cold water on the feet last. 

The benefit derived by the brisk rubbing after 
bathing is threefold: of equalizing the circula- 
tion of the blood, i.e., securing an even distribu- 
tion throughout the entire system; of energizing 

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the pores of the skin; and the exercise gained by 
the exertion required in this "polishing off" 
process greatly aids in producing the radiant 
glow of reaction. 

Do not deny yourself the profit to be gained 
from the daily bath on the plea that "you have 
not the time. " Go to bed fifteen minutes earlier 
at night and arise fifteen minutes earlier in the 
morning. And have time! Just do it. Form the 
habit. Then it's easy. 

Keeping your system flushed out and cleansed 
by the plentiful use of good water both inside 
and outside, will contribute much to your physi- 
cal ease and comfort. 

The results thus gained are worth the effort. 



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EXERCISE 

THE value of Exercise has been often dem- 
onstrated by many people, who "do not 
have time for physical activity," having 
to take time off for sickness. The importance 
of physical exercise has been recognized for ages. 
Science teaches that exercise in some form is 
necessary for every one. Why? Because it is 
essential to preserve the functions of the human 
organization in normal condition; it is necessary 
in the development of the body and brain; by 
exercise the system is aided in digesting and 
assimilating the nourishment from the food we 
eat; the whole organism is helped to eliminate 
waste products and the blood is assisted in con- 
veying nutritious elements to all parts of the 
body. 

Lack of exercise means an unequal and in- 
efficient distribution of this nourishment. This 
condition invites disease and causes structural 
change or atrophy. 

Exercise a given muscle or part of the body 
and the blood is attracted to that part. Walk 
or run and the blood flows to the legs and feet; 
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swing the arms, or " punch the bag" and active, 
healthy circulation is established in the muscles 
and organs thus brought into action; think and 
the blood rushes to the brain. Exercising the 
whole body helps to equalize the circulation. 
This is primary. 

Regular, systematic, daily physical and men- 
tal exercises are important both in the preserva- 
tion of health and in the cure of disease. 

The modern mode of living; the stress and 
strain of the twentieth century ; the present indus- 
trial and social conditions have all helped to 
make the practice of physical exercise absolutely 
necessary. 

This subject is of serious importance and of 
national scope. 

From the standpoint of these suggestions the 
end sought, "the object all sublime" to be 
attained is health. 

Health is the first requisite to success. 

Though one possess many talents, fine sensi- 
bilities and a strong will, these avail little with- 
out health. 

Do not aspire to feats requiring great strength 
but rather to a normal healthy, physical and 
mental development. Persistently following a 

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few common sense rules daily in breathing, 
thinking, drinking, eating and exercising will 
produce wonderful results for health. 

To survive and attain you must be fit. To be 
fit your mode of living must constantly renew 
your physical and mental strength, vitality and 
knowledge. 

This is an age for the broad conception of life 
and its possibilities. You must not only be in 
condition to enter the race, but you must keep 
pace and stay in and with the leaders — be a 
leader — if you would arrive — achieve. 

Efficiency, endurance, the capacity and power 
to work steadily, daily, effectively, is possible 
only when you are in "fighting trim"; when 
your system is kept clear of surplus food and ref- 
use material. Then the "draft" of ambition 
can kindle the "fire" of enthusiasm and nothing 
on earth can prevent your progress. Thus 
equipped you cannot "corrode" from inaction 
or become inert. In time your physical nature 
may wear "dull," but work under right living 
and thinking will increase the lustre of your 
mind. 

You can reach any rung of the success ladder 
if you are willing to pay the price in ambition, 
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application, disappointments, courage, knocks, 
concentration, cheers, jeers, discipline, perse- 
verance. 

These spell hard work. But that is the "royal 
road" and there is no other way. Develop the 
ability to do, at least, something worth while a 
little better, quicker, and more of it than others 
can do. 

Health is the only real protection from the 
encroachment of disease. Strong vitality, abun- 
dant energy, vigor — in short, robust health 
in which every organ is pulsating with vigor — 
renders one immune from disease in any form. 
Such a condition is vastly superior to numberless 
varieties of inoculations and immeasurely more 
comfortable and pleasing. 

The tissues comprising the heart, lungs, stom- 
ach, liver and bowels are largely dependent for 
healthy action on bodily exercise. It is, there- 
fore, more important to enable these organs to 
functionate properly than for the purpose of 
muscular development. 

Exercise aids in developing a good physique; 
gives suppleness of body, ease and grace of 
carriage; promotes growth in all parts of the 
body and transforms weakness into endurance. 

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The physically magnificent specimens of hu- 
manity who comprised the contestants in Gre- 
cian and Roman gladiatorial combats were the 
results of systematic exercise. 

Your daily occupation may call into action 
certain muscles. But every muscle needs exer- 
cise. Therefore, if your daily duties do not oblige 
you to exercise all of your muscles systematically, 
set apart a few minutes every day, select the 
kind of exercises you need and regularly perform 
them. 

Volitional activity either in the form of pro- 
ductive work or of exercise planned to supply 
a like purpose in an artificial manner is indis- 
pensable. 

Massage, the movement of limbs and muscles 
by another, Turkish baths, electrical treatments, 
etc., may partially replace exercise, but there 
is no real susbtitute for individual voluntary 
physical action. 

The ideal exercise is playing a physical game 
regularly out of doors in the daytime because 
the outdoor air is purest and the sunlight is of 
itself highly beneficial. 

The ideal game should bring into action every 
muscle, every fibre, every tissue, every nerve 
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and the brain. All of the physical and mental 
powers should be actively engaged. 

The added value of taking physical exercise 
in the form of a game is because the mind is then 
also employed. One cannot really play the 
game and keep his mind on business. One must 
devote his mental as well as his physical powers 
to the sport. This serves as a mental relaxation 
from routine work; relieves the monotonous 
strain of the "daily grind" and recuperates the 
mind as well as the body. 

Such physical training stimulates all the func- 
tions of the body; renovates, and recreates, 
restores and refreshes the whole man. 

Of course there are many reasons why many 
persons cannot take this ideal form of exercise. 

The next best is a game out of doors at night. 
Next best is a game indoor in the daytime and 
next in order is a game indoors at night. And 
most of us have to confine the greater part of 
our physical exercise to this last named time. 

If regular physical games are impossible, then 
regular systematic exercise should be taken. 

You know indoor exercises are of paramount 
importance in training and developing the ath- 
lete. To excel in field sports is rarely possible 

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unless systematic exercise indoors constitutes 
part of the training. 

Games and sports help to make it interesting, 
entertaining and beneficial both indoors and 
outdoors. A companion in the sport aids in 
giving zest and interest. 

Games requiring the feature of personal con- 
tact are especially beneficial because this trains 
and develops self control, self reliance, dignity, 
courage, forbearance. And these are as impor- 
tant in the all round development sought as are 
good digestion, active circulation and well formed 
"muscles. 

Performing exercises in a half-hearted, per- 
functory way, as you would a disagreeable task 
you would like to escape, will not yield you great 
profit. When you exercise, imagine you are a 
child at play. If your stock in hand of youth- 
ful exuberance is low, generate a generous supply 
at once and enter into the game with your whole 
heart. Put enthusiasm into your play and 
ginger into your actions. Thus you will reap a 
rich reward. 

Do not exercise to the point of exhaustion. 
Stop and rest a few moments at the first slight 
sense of fatigue. If you are exercising too much 
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or too vigorously, reduce the amount and take 
a milder form. 

Do not exercise just before or immediately 
after eating. Also, allow a little time after 
exercising before going to bed for the incident 
excitement to subside. 

Do not start or stop vigorous exercises sud- 
denly. Work up to and leave off gradually. 

Take a few minutes for rest and relaxation after 
each period of exercise — at frequent intervals. 
This enables the tissues which are destroyed 
during action to be restored. 

Too much exercise is harmful, as is also too 
much food, drink, sleep, recreation, etc. Be 
temperate in all things. 

Finish fresh with your bath. 

Be sure the room in which you exercise is well 
ventilated. 

Two essential factors are system and regu- 
larity. These add greatly to the value of exer- 
cise in any form. The human organism responds 
readily to systematic and regular treatment to 
a remarkable degree. A little regular work at 
the same time daily is better than a large amount 
once or twice a week — or irregularly at longer 
intervals. 

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Choose those exercises which will bring into 
action every part of the body and strive for a 
good "all round" development. 

It is not necessary to set apart a great deal 
of time for this purpose. Fifteen minutes de- 
voted to the right kind of physical exertion, 
both in the morning soon after arising and at 
night before retiring, will suffice together with 
some form of outdoor exercise during the course 
of the day or evening. 

Walking is fine exercise. Never ride if you 
have time to walk. With a little planning you 
can doubtless get a good amount of healthy 
exercise, both breathing and muscular, out of 
doors in walking to and from your business. 
An object or incentive is also thus provided for 
walking. This adds to the value of every exer- 
cise. 

As you walk hold the head up and the body 
erect, shoulders back, chest up, backbone 
straight. Count eight or ten steps as you inhale 
and same as you exhale. Occasionally hold the 
lungs full while you count three to five steps 
at the same time contract the abdominal muscles 
and hold them taut while you exhale. This is 
fine exercise when walking, standing or sitting. 
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It is great for the lungs, stomach, diaphragm, 
intestines. And of great assistance in curing 
constipation. 

Remember to practice deep breathing with 
all exercises. And all the time. 

If some part of the body is particularly weak 
from the result of disease or accident you may 
need to take certain exercises for a time, at least, 
under the direction of some expert physical 
instructor in order to secure the best results. 
But if simply the maintenance of general health, 
the development of unused muscles and the 
invigoration of the whole physical body is de- 
sired, then no instructor is necessary. 

Exercises which do not require apparatus are 
usually preferable; by this is meant those in 
which one muscle or set of muscles is directed 
into opposition with other muscles. 

Polo (on horseback) is generally conceded to 
be the best game. Why? Because in this game 
every part of the body is brought into action. 
The mind is also fully occupied both in following 
the game and in directing the horse. 

Sparring is considered the next best game. 
Ease and grace of movement, agility, quickness, 
I etc., are developed by this sport. In this also 
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practically every part of the physical system is 
actively engaged. The mind is vigorously em- 
ployed as well as the body because when spar- 
ring one cannot give much thought to business 
or "day dreaming." A punch on the nose will 
bring back wandering thoughts like a flash and 
focus the mental powers on the game in hand. 

Games and sports which furnish exercise in 
other forms are as follows: 

Football Running 

Lacrosse Shot putting 

Lawn tennis Hammer throwing 

Baseball Wrestling 

Golf Hand ball 

Skating Medicine bail 

Rowing Basket ball 

Walking Fencing 

Horseback riding Single stick 

Swimming Chest weights 

Bicycling Dumb bells 

Walking Indian clubs 

Skiing Hockey 

Kicking exercise is good for the brain and 
nerves, liver and circulation. 

The following exercises are especially recom- 
mended to promote health and assist in the 
elimination of physical waste products. 
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No. i Stand erect, feet together, arms at side. 
Bring the hands with backs together (elbows 
straight) over the head, at the same time bend 
the head forward as far as possible. Return arms 
to side at same time bend the head backward. 
Repeat ten to fifteen times. (Good for nervous 
system, lungs, and shoulder muscles.) 

No. 2 Same position except arms extended 
in front, palms together, head bent backward. 
Swing arms backward and at the same time 
bend head forward. Repeat ten to twenty 
times. (For stomach, back, abdomen.) 

No. 3 Stand erect, feet little way apart, arms 
extended out from shoulder at sides at right an- 
gles to body and level with shoulders, palms 
forward. Swing body around first to left then 
to right as far as possible, i.e., let it rotate above 
hips but keep feet firmly on floor without mov- 
ing them. (Exercises spine, stomach, liver, 
abdomen.) 

No. 4 Stand erect, feet apart, clasp hands 
over head, arms straight. Bend forward knees 
straight, and throw hands and arms backward 
between legs and on rising lean to right and a 

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little forward far as possible. Repeat except 
this time lean to left and forward. Continue for 
ten to fifteen times alternately right and left. 
(For the abdomen, back and digestion.) 

No. 5 Lie on back, arms extended straight 
out at sides; inhale then contract muscles of 
abdomen and legs and lift the legs (knees 
straight) to right angle to body and at same 
time contract muscles of arms and bring hands 
to chest. Return to first position. Repeat ten 
to fifteen times. 

No. 6 Lie on back same as in No. 5 but in 
lifting the legs bend at the knees and strike chest 
lightly with knees. Return to first position and 
repeat ten to fifteen times, at same time exer- 
cise arms as in No. 5. 

No. 7 Lie on back same as in No. 5 and per- 
form the act of running with the legs, bringing 
the knees close to chest and extending well out 
alternately, i.e., get good free action with the 
legs. 

No. 8 Lie on back same as in No. 5 except 
extend arms straight backward over the head 
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and in lifting legs carry them way over — knees 
straight — and touch the hands with the toes. 

No. 9 Lie on back as in No. 5 fold arms across 
chest, inflate lungs full then contract abdominal 
muscles and rise to sitting position, then exhale. 
Repeat five to ten times. 

No. 10 Assume sitting position, legs straight 
out in front and together, arms extended over the 
head and thumbs clasped palms forward. In- 
hale, then contract abdominal muscles and bend 
far forward touching toes with hands. Return 
to sitting position, then exhale. Repeat ten to 
fifteen times. 

Exercises Nos. 5 to 10 are particularly efficient 
and aid in an important way in the cure of con- 
stipation by exercising, massaging, and ener- 
gizing the muscles and organs of the abdomen. 

No. 11 Stand erect, inhale — holding the 
breath — then lean forward clasp hands under 
right leg just above knee, then contract muscles 
of arms, chest and abdomen and lift right leg 
up (while bearing weight of body on left leg) 
until body is erect shoulders back. Then exhale 

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and relax. Repeat five to ten times, lifting alter- 
nately the right and left legs. 

Offer as much resistance with the legs in lifting 
as will make you exert yourself but do not make 
the exercise sufficiently strenuous to cause strain 
or exhaustion. (Fine for the arms, back, stom- 
ach, abdomen.) 

No. 12 Place the left hand back of neck and 
with the right hand press firmly and rub upward 
slowly on the ribs on left side, exerting slight 
upward pressure on each rib with the ends of 
fingers, at the same time breathe deeply and lean 
sideways toward the right. Practice this exer- 
cise a few minutes then reverse, i.e., place right 
hand on back of neck and with left hand press 
firmly and rub upward slowly on ribs with palm 
and ends of fingers on right side, leaning toward 
the left. This process of gently and firmly 
" separating" the ribs helps relax and relieve 
congestion and tension along the spine, and 
helps to tone up the entire nervous system. 
(This exercise is also good for the back, lungs and 
stomach.) 

No. 13 Stand erect, inhale and with the right 
foot forward, clinch fists and strike out alter- 

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nately with right and left arms at an imaginary 
foe. Try to develop a "long reach/' and bend 
the body a little forward, backward, to right side 
and left side in turn. Alternate with left foot 
forward. (Fine vigorous exercise for arms, lungs, 
stomach, abdomen.) 

No. 14 Lie on back, bend legs — knees upward 
— feet on floor. Place left hand under back of 
neck and with right hand reach over toward left 
side and press between ribs and hip, drawing 
hand and pressing toward centre of abdomen 
(toward the right); at the same time allow both 
knees to fall toward left side. Repeat five to ten 
times. Then reverse (by placing right hand 
under back of neck and with left hand relax and 
exercise the abdominal area by exerting pressure 
while drawing the left hand from right side 
toward centre of body (to the left) and allowing 
the knees to fall toward right side. Excellent 
for stimulating intestinal activity. 

No. 15 Stand erect, right foot forward. Lean 
forward toward right, hands extended, palms 
downward. When hands nearly touch floor, 
close and raise body upright and lean backward 

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toward left, bringing hands to chest. Exhale 
in leaning forward and inhale in leaning back- 
ward. Repeat 10 times. Then alternate 10 
times with left foot forward. Result is exercise 
similar to rowing. (Good for arms, lungs, back, 
abdomen.) 



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FOOD 

CHEMICALLY the healthy human body 
is composed of sixteen different elements, 
viz., carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, 
sulphur, phosphorus, chlorine, fluorine, silicon, 
sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, 
iron and manganese. 

The chemical compounds as expressed in the 
individuals comprising the races of the world, 
however, are infinite. 

We are all made of the "same dust." Yet 
there are no two persons exactly alike. The 
difference is in the proportion of the elements 
which constitute each individual temperament. 

No matter how much you may look like some 
one, or act like another; no matter how near you 
are in the affection or abomination of some one, 
you think you know; you are, even in the em- 
brace of the closest relationship, a separate, dis- 
tinct, unique entity, and as far apart from your 
nearest kin, so far as your innermost life is con- 
cerned, as though you were living the life of a 
hermit on an uninhabited island. And every one 
else bears the same position to every one else. 

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No two individuals are alike. Your nearest 
and dearest companion is in reality a long way 
off. 

In order for you to know the thoughts, the feel- 
ings, the mind, the soul of another, you have to be 
told, and then you will know only in part. You 
know yourself. You guess about every one else. 

The science of dietetics now makes it unneces- 
sary to leave to mere guesswork the matter of 
deciding how much and what kind of foods are 
best adapted for a given physical condition, or 
temperament, or to accomplish certain results. 

The properties and values of foods have been 
determined by careful laboratory research and 
clinical observation so that an intelligent selec- 
tion adapted for almost every need is entirely 
possible and practicable. 

The scientific agriculturist, horticulturist or 

florist does not select a tract of land and its 

environment for growing his product in any 

haphazard manner. He knows the kind of soil, 

water and climate which are best adapted to 

produce the results he desires and from careful 

analysis chooses the location which will give 

him the best returns for his investment. 
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It pays in health-dividends to use the same 
care in feeding the human engine. 

Health is the first requisite for success. 

You cannot attain and maintain a large meas- 
ure of success without health, because health 
is the foundation of the whole success struc- 
ture. 

The knowledge possessed by the average cook 
regarding the scientific preparation and com- 
bination of foods is about as vague as his or her 
information concerning the Neolithic age or the 
Arabians' study of celestial phenomena. The 
consequence is that the modern bill of fare often 
furnishes better nourishment for the develop- 
ment of disease than health. 

Foods are organic substances. And when 
digested, assimilated and appropriated — burned 
— in the body produce heat and other forms of 
energy. This is measured in units called calories. 

A calorie (the French heat unit) is the amount 
of heat required to raise the temperature of one 
kilogram of water i° Centigrade or practically 
one pound of water i° Fahrenheit. Measured 
in mechanical power one heat unit equals suffi- 
cient energy to lift one ton about !-}£ feet or 778 
foot pounds. Roughly one calorie equals nearly 

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four British Thermal units. There are about 
11,500 British Thermal units in each pound of 
pure carbon, or about 11,320,000 foot pounds of 
energy in each pound of coal. Expressed differ- 
ently, there is enough energy in a pound of good 
quality coal to raise a loaded train of 50 cars a 
foot above the rails. 

The number of calories contained in a given 
article of food represents its food or fuel value. 

Man is an omnivorous animal and requires as 
his natural foods to promote health those which 
supply proteids, fats, carbo-hydrates, phosphates 
starch, sugar, salt and water. Combinations of 
foods yielding these nitrogenous, fat and carbo- 
hydrate elements in the proper proportions will 
give you a " balanced ration." This enables 
the system to secure the greatest food value 
and generate the largest amount of energy. 

Three of the most essential elements of food 
are: 

Proteids 

Fats 

Carbohydrates. 

Proteids 

Proteids are the albuminous — nitrogenous — 
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elements in food. These are the principal build- 
ers of bones, muscles, tendons, skin and other 
tissues and the blood corpuscles. 

They also yield heat from oxidation in the 
body — can be consumed in the body in place of 
fats and carbohydrates. But the latter can be 
successfully substituted for the albuminoids in 
the processes of building and repairing. 

Proteids form about 18 per cent, of the human 
body weight. 

One pound of Protein yields about 1,800 
calories of energy. 

Foods most rich in Protein are the lean of 
meats, white of eggs and gluten of wheat. 

The body needs from 200 to 300 units per day. 

Fats 

Fats supply fuel in the most concentrated form 
and help sustain motive energy. 

The most fat present in food, the less the pro- 
portion of protein. 

Fats are supplied chiefly by animal foods as 
meats, fish and milk. Also vegetables products 
as olives, corn, cotton seed, oatmeal, maize and 
nuts. 

These food elements are laxative. And are 

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more easily assimilated when taken in an emul- 
sified form as milk and uncooked nuts. As a 
general rule fats are more difficult of digestion 
than the other elements. 

Clear fats in the form of tallow, oil, suet, lard, 
etc., are insoluble and difficult to digest. They 
float around on the surface like lily pads in a 
frog pond. 

The amount of food fats eaten does not deter- 
mine in every case whether a person is fat or 
lean or whether they will develop those pro- 
portions. The tendency to "fatness" or "lean- 
ness" is often a constitutional peculiarity which 
is little understood. 

The quantity of food fats as well as the amount 
of other food elements and exercise one takes are 
important factors on how much surplus heat 
and energy are stored in the body in the form 
of fat. 

Fats form about 15 per cent, of the body 
weight. 

One pound furnishes about 4,000 calories. 

From 400 to 700 units per day are required. 

Carbohydrates 

Carbohydrates comprise the sugar, starch, 

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cellulose, gum and fibre elements. These with 
fats furnish the main supply of fuel. 

The most important nutrients of fresh vege- 
tables and fruits, also sugar, molasses and honey 
are carbohydrates. These constitute about 75 
per cent, of the nutrients of cereals. 

Carbohydrates form less than 1 per cent, of 
the body weight. They are more easily digested 
than fats or proteids. 

One pound yields about 1,800 calories. 

From 1,200 to 2,100 units per day are re- 
quired. These amounts represent the require- 
ments of the average adult. Of course persons 
who are above the average size need propor- 
tionately more and those who are undersize need 
relatively less. 

An adult at hard physical work may expend 
3,000 calories per day. Foods to supply this 
value might comprise approximately 300 units 
of proteids, 2,100 of carbohydrates and 600 of 
fats. 

The principal cause of decomposition of the 
elements of fat and starch is work. 

Modern authorities have established standards 
of the amount of foods required for the main- 
tenance of health and vigor for the average per- 

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son which are not more than one-half those 
formerly considered necessary. 

Since the amount of food required depends 
largely upon the area of skin surface rather than 
the weight of the individual you can easily real- 
ize that a child requires more food proportion- 
ately than an adult. This is because more food 
is needed to supply and maintain the warmth 
of the body — animal heat — than for nourish- 
ment. Therefore the larger the skin area the 
greater the amount of heat which is lost by 
radiation, conduction and evaporation from the 
body. 

An infant weighing ten pounds has about 
three square feet of skin surface. A man weigh- 
ing two hundred pounds has about twenty-two 
square feet. In this case the babe will require 
about one-seventh as much food as the man 
although the latter weighs twenty times more. 

Furthermore the amount and kind of food 
required varies with the climate, season and 
with the occupation. 

Persons need the largest food supply who do 
strenuous physical labor in a low temperature. 
They should select a different diet from that of 
the intellectual worker. The mental worker 
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can thrive on three-fourths as much food as the 
laborer who does hard muscular work. 

The foods one eats should be those which will 
furnish the elements required in performing 
the kind of work one does. 

If you are of slender figure but have strong 
digestive organs you may readily assimilate a 
larger proportion of fats and carbohydrates to 
advantage than your rotund companion. 

If you are pale from deficient blood or of red 
corpuscles in the blood you will doubtless profit 
by eating more of foods rich in proteids. 

Children demand tissue-building material — 
proteids — to promote growth in addition to 
that needed to repair and replace the tissues 
consumed by constant action. About one-third 
of the diet of a normal child should consist of 
proteids — tissue building food. 

Professor Chittenden, of Yale University, 
Gautier, Rubner and other eminent authorities 
on dietetics have established standards and 
factors for calculating the weight, skin surface, 
the kinds of foods and the number of calories 
of each required for different persons under 
various conditions. 

For example, the normal weight of any adult 

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may be determined by subtracting 42 from the 
height in inches and multiplying the remainder 
by 5^2; the product will indicate the weight 
in pounds. 

Multiply the weight in pounds by 4.25 and 
the skin area by 80. The sum of these two prod- 
ucts indicates the number of calories a person 
requires to replace the loss of energy expended 
in work and the radiation and evaporation from 
the skin surfaces. 

Since an individual engaged in severe muscu- 
lar work requires a larger quantity of food than 
is required by one doing principally mental 
work, multiply by the factor 7 instead of 4.25 
for such cases. This increased quantity should 
consist largely of fats and carbohydrates. 

The principal value of proteids is for tissue- 
building and not for generating heat. There- 
fore the amount required varies with the body 
weight. This has been demonstrated to be 
about .035 oz. per 2.2 pounds, which equals 1.5 
calories of proteids per pound of body weight per 
day. To ascertain the number of calories of 
proteids required simply multiply the person's 
weight by 1.5. Your estimate should not be 
based on the actual weight of a person who is 
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too thin or too corpulent. But upon the correct 
average weight of a subject of the same height 
with proper allowance for difference in physique. 

You can calculate the quantity of fats required 
by subtracting the amount of proteids from the 
total number of calories and dividing the differ- 
ence by 4. 

The amount of carbohydrates will of course 
be the remainder after deducting the sum of the 
proteids and fats from the total number of 
calories required. 

Generally speaking the proportion of each 
of these elements will be found to be about one 
of proteids, two of fats and six to seven of car- 
bohydrates. 

From all this we see there are many causes, 
viz., age, weight, occupation, climate, tendency 
to free perspiration, condition of health, physique, 
etc., which affect the daily ration. Moreover, 
no two persons are exactly the same. 

For these reasons also the quantities men- 
tioned in the following tables do not absolutely 
determine the exact proportion of each food 
which will best supply the needs of a given in- 
dividual. But you will doubtless find these 
tables indicate the kind and amount which closely 

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approximate those required for the average 
physiological constitution. 

Eat what the appetite craves. 

To arbitrarily prescribe a diet for any one, 
without considerating the normal cravings and 
instincts, is unwise. These will be found reliable 
guides in your experiments and experience to 
determine what will best help you to attain and 
preserve robust health. 

That is the end sought. 

All foods do not agree with all people. No one 
can eat anything and everything in the line of 
foods with equally satisfactory results. Do not 
therefore decide that?just;because your relatives 
or friends eat certain foods with ultimate pleas- 
ure and profit that you should or can do like- 
wise. Probably|you can enjoy certain articles 
of food which they cannot. 

Remember we each represent a different 
" chemical compound." 

In the course of digestion by which food is 
made available|fomncorporating into the body 
it undergoes wonderful chemical changes during 
which other "chemical compounds" may be 
formed which are highly injurious and unpleasant. 

Therefore if from experience you find that 
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certain foods, however wholesome and digestible 
to some people, or in themselves, create disturb- 
ances in your particular case, in other words do 
not agree with you, it is best to avoid the harm- 
ful effects of eating them. 

Thus care should be exercised not only in the 
selection of foods which will furnish the essential 
elements in the best form for assimilation, but 
also in the combinations in which they are eaten, 
to obtain the best results. 

For instance milk and meat are not a good 
combination (for adults) because milk contains 
the four classes of nutrients, viz., protein, fat, 
carbohydrates and mineral matter in propor- 
tions which render it suitable for a complete 
food. The chief nutrients in meat are protein 
and fat. Both milk and meat taken at the same 
meal furnish more nutrition of the same kind 
than the system needs or can readily assimilate, 
except for growing children, who require a larger 
percentage of proteids than adults. 

While both fruit and milk are essential and 
desirable as foods they are not a good combina- 
tion for the same meal because the fruit acids, 
change the milk properties by causing too rapid 
precipitation of certain of its elements, thus 

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retarding and making digestion difficult. There- 
fore, if you eat fruit at breakfast better omit 
milk. Fruit and grains are a good combination; 
also grains and milk, and grains arid meat. But 
not milk and fruit, or milk and meat. Often the 
best results are obtained by eating fruit about 
two and one half or three hours after a regular 
meal. 

Comparatively a quart of milk contains about 
the same amount of nutritive material as three 
quarters of a pound of beef or six ounces of 
bread. Although the total nutrients supplied 
by these quanities of milk, meat and bread are 
practically the same, their nutritive values are 
not the same. For this reason milk and bread 
eaten alone make a better balanced food than 
meat alone. 

Bear in mind that the best foods or combina- 
tions of foods for the promotion of health are 
those which can be readily assimilated and yet 
yield the greatest nutrition. 

Some persons prefer to eat only twice a day, 
others one to six times. Most people, however 
thrive best on three meals daily. Whichever 
number of meals are eaten the important point is 
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to eat the same number of times and at the same 
hours every day. 

Regularity in eating, drinking, exercising, rec- 
reating, bathing and sleeping is an important 
detail. The human organism responds to regu- 
larity — habits. This is an essential feature in 
developing endurance. 

Light breakfast, moderate lunch and heartiest 
evening meal has proved a good plan with many 
persons. 

Simple, well cooked fresh meats, fruits and 
vegetables are best. Avoid highly seasoned 
foods, and sauces, pickles, preserved meats and 
too many crackers. 

Of course I know many people eat "not good" 
combinations of foods every day and live. Pos- 
sibly, because of strong digestive powers, the 
ill effects therefrom are scarcely noticeable for 
some years. But, by properly eating the right 
amount of the best combinations of foods they 
would so conserve their energy and powers as 
to carry them along in good health and vigor 
for many years beyond the threescore and ten 
period. Inasmuch as we tread this mortal 
sphere but once, we cannot live a certain way, 
say, fifty years, then, noting our condition and 

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deciding wherein we have erred, and what could 
be improved, start another period of fifty years 
under a regime proved in the crucible of experi- 
ence. 

It is advisable therefore, for each one to take 
advantage of the experiences of "the other fel- 
low" and of the best information obtainable 
and thus make the most of the one earthly career 
we have. And remember that Nature's Laws 
are immutable; that while we may apparently 
for a time transgress and escape; and the day of 
reckoning may be deferred, yet just so sure as 
we violate those Laws, just so sure we must pay 
the penalty. Sooner or later Nature will exact 
the toll in full. 

This table shows the approximate number of 
calories or food units required daily for persons 
of the heights, weights and surface areas indi- 
cated. 









Calories or 


Food Units 




Height 


Weight 


Surface 


Proteids 


Fats 1 


Carbohydrates 


Total 


in Inches 


in Lbs. 


in Sq. Ft. 










4 o 


39 


7 


71 


164 


491 


726 


41 


40 


7-5 


72 


175 


523 


770 


42 


4i 


8 


74 


185 


556 


815 


43 


42 


8.2 


76 


190 


569 


835 


44 


44 


8-3 


80 


193 


578 


851 


45 


47 


8-5 


83 


200 


597 


880 



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Calories or Food Units 




Height 


Weight 


Surface 


Proteids 


Fats Carbohydrates 


Total 


in Inches 


in Lbs. 


in Sq. Ft. 










4 6 


49 


-8.8 


85 


207 


621 


913 


47 


52 


9.2 


89 


217 


651 


957 


48 


53 


9.4 


91 


222 


664 


977 


49 


57 


9.6 


98 


228 


685 


1,011 


5° 


59 


9.8 


100 


234 


701 


1,035 


Si 


62 


10.3 


102 


247 


739 


1,088 


52 


65 


10.5 


107 


253 


757 


1,117 


S3 


68 


10.8 


112 


260 


781 


i,i53 


54 


70 


11. 2 


116 


270 


808 


i,i94 


55 


7 6 


11.6 


120 


283 


848 


1,251 


56 


78 


11.8 


123 


288 


86 S 


1,276 


57 


85 


12.2 


133 


301 


904 


i,338 


58 


87 


12.6 


137 


3" 


932 


1,380 


59 


88 


12.9 


139 


317 


95° 


1,406 


60 


95 


13-3 


143 


331 


994 


1,468 


61 


99 


14 


149 


348 


1,044 


i,54i 


62 


106 


15 


159 


373 


1,119 


1,651 


63 


112 


154 


168 


385 


1,155 


1,708 


64 


118 


15-9 


177 


400 


1,197 


i,774 


65 


124 


16.3 


186 


411 


i,234 


1,831 


66 


129 


16.8 


194 


425 


1,274 


i,893 


67 


134 


17 


201 


432 


1,297 


1,93° 


68 


140 


17.6 


210 


448 


i,345 


2,003 


69 


146 


18 


220 


460 


1,381 


2,061 


70 


152 


18.4 


228 


473 


i,4i7 


2,118 


7i 


157 


18.8 


236 


484 


i,452 


2,172 


72 


164 


19.2 


246 


497 


1,490 


2,233 



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So far as a normal digestion is concerned, it 
does not make much difference what the nature 
of the food is which is eaten provided it is prop- 
erly prepared, thoroughly masticated, what the 
appetite craves and the taste relishes. But the 
matter of supplying the body with the proper 
nourishment to meet the demands of a given 
occupation or condition depends in a vital way 
upon the kind of food taken. 

Records of Analyses to determine the values 
of different foods may be found dating back to 
1795. These comprise the information collated 
by Pearson, Einhoff, Peligot, Boussingault, Le 
Bel, Leibig, Playfair, Boeckman, Shepherd, 
Salisbury, Emmons, Jackson, Professor Stover, 
Dr. W. 0. Atwater, Dr. A. P. Bryant and other 
European and American scientists who have 
made exhaustive and careful analyses of many 
specimens of animal and vegetable foods ordi- 
narily used to support human life. 

Chemically the elements of which proper foods 
for the human body consist are practically the 
same as those of which the human body is com- 
posed. 

The specific value of food is to build and re- 
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pair bodily tissue and supply power of action, 
heat and other forms of energy. 

Every thought, every emotion, every mus- 
cular movement, every heart throb consumes 
energy which must be adequately replenished 
by food. 

The process by which food is converted into 
blood, brain, nerves, bones, tendons, and all the 
organic tissues of the human engine is wonder- 
ful. Likewise also is the intricate system by 
which the refuse is disposed of through the lungs 
in breathing, through the pores of the skin and 
by other excretory products of the kidneys and 
intestines. 

Food contains potential energy which is latent 
until transformed by the chemical processes of 
digestion, assimilation and absorption into power 
and heat. It furnishes material to build and 
repair also muscular power and body warmth. 

The human engine is vastly superior to the 
finest example of machine design and construc- 
tion because it automatically performs the func- 
tions of building, repairing and regulating itself. 

Consider the one feature of body tempera- 
ture control. The body is a complete heating 
system with automatic "thermostatic" regu- 

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lation. The quantity and kind of food eaten, 
the amount and nature of work performed, the 
temperature, altitude and condition of the cli- 
matic environment, all have an influence upon 
the body warmth, yet the human engine is such 
a perfect mechanism and the loss of heat by 
radiation in proportion to the amount produced 
is so finely adjusted that the temperature of 
the body is maintained at a practically uniform 
degree. 

The amount of energy generated in the proc- 
esses of consuming food by digestion and elimi- 
nation is enormous. 

This is forcibly realized when you consider 
that the part of the alimentary tract comprising 
the stomach, the small intestine and the large 
intestine presents about 2,000 square inches of 
working surface which is utilized in these proc- 
esses. 

Much of this energy is expended in the rapid 
restoration of the surface tissues, membranes 
and glands, which are destroyed by the digestive 
secretions. But for this constant renewing of 
these protecting surfaces the digestive organs 
themselves would be "digested." 

Add to this consumption of energy the force 
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expended in mastication, the formation of saliva, 
the muscular movement of the stomach, the 
production of the digestive secretions, the peri- 
staltic action of the intestines and you will get 
an idea of the vast amount of energy required 
for this process of extracting and appropriating 
nourishment. 

Think how one's supply of energy is drawn 
upon in caring for the burden of surplus food 
from overeating; and also by imposing upon the 
digestive organs foods not properly prepared 
and masticated before being swallowed. 

Generally speaking people eat too much. 
Eating more than will furnish the required 
nourishment is adding unnecessarily to the 
amount of waste matter to be eliminated. 

A little thought and study devoted to select- 
ing one's foods for the individual needs is time 
well spent. The individual's needs depend upon 
the kind of work he performs. 

The right amount of the right kind of foods 
correctly eaten supplies the greatest energy 
with the least expenditure of effort. This is 
true economy not only considering the saving 
in the cost of foods consumed by overeating, 
but the greatest saving is effected by having a 

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wealth of energy to devote to climbing the ladder 
of success which might otherwise be wasted in 
performing the role of a slave to the " living to 
eat" idea. 

In satisfying the demands and cravings of the 
body as expressed in the " appetite" it is well to 
bear in mind that life is sustained by what we 
digest, and not merely by what we eat. 

The voluntary processes of eating, drinking 
and exercising must be performed correctly else 
the involuntary processes of digestion, circula- 
tion and elimination cannot be completely and 
perfectly accomplished. 

The digestive process begins in the mouth, 
is continued in the stomach, but the greater part 
is accomplished in the intestines. For these 
reasons it is important to prepare all food by 
thorough mastication before swallowing. Com- 
pletely chewing the food is not only essential 
in reducing the nutritious elements to the proper 
consistency for introducing into the stomach, but 
is also necessary to enable you to get the taste 
clearly and definitely. This causes simultane- 
ously to be secreted in the organs of assimilation 
suitable digestive fluids for properly converting 
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the nutriment in the food into an integral part of 
the human organism. 

By enabling the sense of taste to appreciate 
the flavor in the process of thoroughly chewing 
the food, the salivary glands are stimulated into 
action. These comprise the parotid, submaxil- 
lary, sublingual and several smaller glands in the 
mouth. 

The saliva thus mixed and swallowed with the 
food aids the gastric juice of the stomach and 
this latter organ in accomplishing its work. 

Saliva is a slightly viscid and slightly alkaline 
fluid derived from the blood. Its important 
components are ptyalin, serum and albumen. 
After the food leaves the stomach it is acted upon 
by the pancreatic juice of the intestines. The 
chemical changes which food undergoes to 
render it assimilable are produced by ferments 
secreted by the digestive organs. The peris- 
taltic or muscular action of the stomach and in- 
testines mix these ferments and the digestive 
juices with the food. 

The nutrients extracted from the digested 
food finally reach the blood and lymph after 
passing through the walls of the alimentary 
canal. 

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Through power furnished by the heart action 
the blood conveys nutriment from the food and 
oxygen from the lungs to every part of the phys- 
ical system. Each organ and tissue possesses 
the characteristic of being able to select from 
this supply of nourishment that which is re- 
quired to repair waste and promote growth in 
its particular structure. 

Mental and physical activity consume parts 
of the body tissue as well as food materials. 

Food is therefore required not only to supply 
energy and nourishment but must also furnish 
substance to replace those structural elements 
which are absorbed and destroyed in the process 
of maintaining healthy living organism. 

The blood not only carries nourishment to all 
parts of the body but it is also the vehicle by 
which the waste materials produced by the func- 
tioning of the various organs are borne back to 
the alimentary canal. 

These waste products together with any food 
which has escaped digestion and all other refuse 
must be expelled from the body if health is to 
be gained and maintained. 

The lungs excrete carbon and oxygen in the 
form of carbon dioxide, also oxygen and hydro- 
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gen in the form of vapor in the breath; more 
oxygen and hydrogen unite forming water which 
escapes through the pores of the skin in perspira- 
tion and through the kidneys in urine. Most of 
the mineral waste materials are ejected through 
the intestines. 

The burning of food in the body through the 
digestive process to produce heat and energy 
is analogous to the burning of fuel in a boiler 
for the same purpose. 

As a result of both processes there is a certain 
amount of refuse produced which must be cast 
out, or the engine — be it human or steel — "will 
not go." 

A certain amount of refuse is essential to the 
proper functioning of the organs of elimination. 

Some foods are as much or more valuable for 
the amount of refuse material they furnish as 
for the amount of nourishment they supply. 

Wheat bran is such a food. 

It not only provides mineral phosphates 
which are indispensable to the body but affords 
also a residue which stimulates intestinal ac- 
tivity. 

Bran is laxative. And almost invaluable in 
the cure of constipation. 

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Foods which are almost wholly digested by the 
system, i. e., which leave practically no residue, 
have a tendency to constipate. For instance, 
rice, oatmeal, white flour bread and rolls, pota- 
toes, cornstarch, etc. are constipating. 

To counteract this natural proclivity other 
foods which have a laxative tendency and which 
furnish a certain amount of refuse material 
should also be eaten. This will help to rouse and 
quicken the organs of elimination into healthy 
action. 

Fresh vegetables and fruits, especially grapes, 
(including the seeds) are very beneficial in the 
diet for relieving constipation and should be 
eaten " early and often." Also oranges, lemons, 
apples, peaches, pears, plums, etc. Dates and 
figs are distinctly laxative. The value of vege- 
tables is emphasized because they are not food 
in concentrated form. The residue left stimu- 
lates intestinal activity. But of course "out of 
season" fresh fruits and vegetables are high in 
price and almost a luxury. 

The bran of wheat, however, is always avail- 
able in all seasons of the year. And at a price 
within the reach of all. 

The following receipts will be found most ex- 
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BRAN MUFFINS 

Materials Measure 

Beaten Egg 

Salt % Teaspoon 

Melted Butter •. 

Molasses 

Raisins 

Sweet Milk 

Soda 

Cream Tartar 

*Gluten Flour Y 2 Pint 

*Wheat Bran %. " 



Tablespoons 
{ Cup 

£ Teaspoon 



Directions 

Mix first five ingredients in the order named Dis- 
solve soda in a very little warm water, and add to it the 
milk. Stir well altogether. Then add the bran and 
flour in which is well mixed the cream tartar. 

Mix thoroughly. Bake in gem pan in hot oven from 
twenty to thirty minutes. 

*One can also vary the above receipt by substituting I pint of wheat 
flour for the >^ pint each of gluten flour and wheat bran. 




BRAN BREAD 

Materials Measure 

Beaten Egg I 

Melted Butter 2 Tablespoons 

Molasses x /$ Cup 

Raisins }i " 

Salt % Teaspoon 

Sweet Milk 1 Cup 

Soda Yz Teaspoon 

Cream Tartar 1 

Graham Flour /^ Pint 

Wheat Bran y> " 

Directions 

Mix first five ingredients in the order named. Dis- 
solve soda in a very little warm water, and add to it the 
milk. Stir well altogether. Then add the bran and 
flour in which is well mixed the cream tartar. 

Stir all ingredients thoroughly together and place in 
greased bread pan. Bake in moderate oven about forty 
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cellent. Eating bran in these forms is both 
appetizing and satisfying. 

The results will be found highly pleasing and 
gratifying. 

The edible portion of the following articles of 
food, as ordinarily purchased, contain approxi- 
mately the number of calories, or nutritious 
units, indicated in this table. The figures in 
each column are the number of calories per 
pound of material. 

[Account has not been taken of the amount of 
water, refuse and residue which form a large per- 
centage of many foods.] 



Kind of food Protein Fat 

Tenderloin Steak (fresh beef) 200 300 

Porterhouse " " " 250 240 

Sirloin " " " 200 200 

" (top) " " " 260 800 

Round " " " 180 120 

Rump " " " 230 340 

Flank " " 200 240 

Rib Roast " " 240 360 

Fore Quarter " " 200 250 

Hind Quarter " " 200 250 

Soup Stock " " 10 3 

Heart " " 180 220 

Kidney " " 80 25 

Liver " " no 30 

Sweetbreads " " 130 100 



Carbo- Total 
hydrates 

1,300 

1,200 

1,100 

2,000 

900 

1,350 

1,200 

1,400 

1,200 

1,200 

200 

1,100 

500 
5SO 
800 

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Kind of food 

Tongue (fresh beef) 

Corned Beef " 

Breast (fresh, veal) 

Chuck 

Flank 

Leg 

Cutlets 

Rib 

Shank 

Shoulder 

Fore Quarter 

Hind " 

Heart 

Kidneys 

Liver 

Breast (fresh lamb) 

Leg 

Shoulder 

Fore Quarter 

Hind 

Chops (broiled) " 

Roast Leg 

Chuck (fresh mutton) 

Flank 

Leg 

Loin 

Shoulder 

Fore Quarter " 

Hind 

Leg (roasted) 

Ham (fresh pork) 

Loin (chops) 

Shoulder 

Bacon 

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Protein Fat Carbo- Total 
hydrates 

150 75 800 

200 325 1,300 

180 no 900 

125 35 600 

160 80 800 

140 60 700 

150 55 750 

140 55 700 

120 30 600 

190 95 95o 

140 50 700 

Ho 55 700 

1 10 60 700 

90 35 550 

100 30 550 

250 300 1,300 

220 24O 1,200 

275 425 1,500 

250 350 1,400 

225 215 1,100 

330 475 1,600 

175 100 885 

250 600 1,750 

280 800 1,950 

200 200 1,100 

270 600 1,750 

200 250 1,200 

240 475 1,000 

240 400 1,500 

350 300 1,400 

250 500 1,600 

260 500 , i,6oo 

200 550 1,650 

300 2,000 3,000 



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Kind of Food 

Sausage (fresh pork) 

Tongue 

Chicken (fresh poultry and game) 
Fowl 
Goose 
Turkey 

Capon (roasted) 
Turkey (roasted) " 
Bass (fresh fish) 

Bluefish 
Cod 
Eel 

Flounder 
Haddock 
Halibut 
Herring 
Mackerel 
Pickerel 
Salmon 
Shad 
Smelt 
Trout 

Frog's Legs (amphibia) 
Clams (shell fish) 
Oysters 
Lobsters " 
Scallops " 

Eggs (hens' uncooked or boiled) 
( " whites only) 
" ( " yolks " ) 
Butter 
Cheese 
Milk 
Corn Meal (vegetable foods) 



Carbo 

Protein Fat hydrates Total 

400 800 2,000 

350 550 1,700 

100 15 500 

200 200 1,000 

285 650 1,800 

300 370 1,500 

250 100 1,000 

250 200 1,000 

90 9 450 

75 5 400 

60 4 350 

130 60 690 

40 2 300 

60 1 350 

100 30 550 

120 45 650 

130 50 700 

65 2 350 

250 130 1,000 

150 90 800 

70 5 400 

100 10 500 

50 5 300 

20 2 4 200 

20 5 15 300 

90 10 3 450 

50 1 15 350 

no 100 800 

35 -8 275 

270 560 1,700 

35 3>oo° 3>6°o 

600 800 75 2,000 

9 10 15 300 

170 80 1,350 1,700 

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Carbo- 




Kind of Food 




Protein 


Fat 


hydrates 


Total 


Oatmeal (vegetableffoods) 


350 


145 


1,250 


1,800 


Rice Flour 


a 


a 


170 


150 


1,200 


1,700 


Rye 


a 


tt 


120 


30 


1,260 


1,600 


Wheat 


a 


it 


240 


35 


1,000 


1,700 


Brown Bread 


a 


a 


50 


20 


500 


1,000 


Corn Bread 


a 


a 


no 


90 


600 


1,250 


Rye 


tt 


ti 


130 


15 


700 


1,300 


Graham Bread 


a 


a 


130 


45 


700 


1,300 


Wheat " 


a 


n 


IOO 


20 


670 


1,250 


Zwiebach 


it 


a 


19s 


200 


1,400 


1,950 


Crackers 


it 


tt 


200 


220 


1,450 


2,000 


Chocolate Cake 


a 


a 


IOO 


125 


900 


1,600 


Sponge " 


it 


a 


"5 


200 


1,250 


1,850 


Gingerbread 


a 


a 


IOO 


150 


1,050 


1,700 


Doughnuts 


a 


a 


145 


500 


1,100 


2,050 


Apple Pie 


tt 


a 


45 


130 


570 


1,300 


Lemon Pie 


tt 


a 


40 


no 


400 


1,150 


Squash " 


a 


a 


35 


60 


160 


800 


Mince " 


tt 


a 


80 


175 


560 


1,400 


Tapioca Pudding " 


a 


35 


40 


250 


850 


Molasses 


ti 


n 


50 


1 


950 


1,300 


Honey 


a 


it 


15 




1,250 


1,550 


Maple Syrup 


a 


a 


.... 




1,100 


1,400 


Candy 


a 


tt 


.... 




1,600 


1,700 


Asparagus (vegetables) 




2 


.2 


3 


IOO 


Beans 


a 




350 


25 


1,050 


1,650 


Beets 


tt 




5 


•3 


25 


200 


Cabbage 


a 




5 


1 


13 


200 


Cauliflower 


tt 




3 


•9 


8 


150 


Carrots 


a 




4 


1 


25 


250 


Celery 


it 




1 


.1 


4 


IOO 


Corn (green) (vegetables) 




17 


5 


100 


500 


Cucumbers 


a 




•7 


.2 


3 


90 


Lettuce 


a 




2 


5 


3 


IOO 


70 















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Carbo- 




Kind of Food 


Protein 


Fat 


hydrates 


Total 


Mushrooms (vegetables) 


20 


2-5 


50 


400 


Onions 


it 


9 


i-5 


35 


300 


Parsnips 


a 


6 


2 


5 


350 


Peas 


tt 


35 


2.5 


80 


500 


Potatoes (white) 


a 


10 


•9 


100 


450 


" (sweet) 


u 


20 


7 


230 


700 


Pumpkins 


a 


I 


.2 


65 


125 


Squash 


a 


5 


2.5 


25 


250 


Radishes 


tt 


4 


•4 


12 


200 


Rhubarb 


tt 


•7 


1 


5 


120 


Spinach 


tt 


2 


•4 


3 


100 


Tomatoes 


n 


I 


1 


6 


120 


Turnip 


it 


5 


•7 


30 


250 


Apples 


(fruits) 


2 


3-5 


50 


350 


Apricots 




2.6 




30 


260 


Bananas 




75 


5-5 


130 


550 


Blackberries 




4-5 


6 


40 


350 


Cherries 




4 


3 


70 


400 


Cranberries 




•9 


1.8 


23 


230 


Figs 




6 




75 


400 


Huckleberries 




3 


3 


50 


350 


Grapes 




5 


7 


95 


475 


Lemons 




2 


2 


20 


225 


Oranges 




3 


•9 


40 


300 


Muskmelons 




•9 




14 


180 


Watermelons 




•7 


•3 


10 


150 


Peaches 




1.4 


.2 


18 


200 


Pears 




1.8 


1.8 


40 


300 


Pineapples 




I 


.8 


20 


210 


Plums 




4 




80 


400 


Prunes 




4 




70 


400 


Raspberries 




6 


5 


40 


325 


Strawberries 




2 


2 


20 


200 


Almonds (nuts) 


700 


1,600 


600 


3,000 












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Kind of food 

Brazil Nuts 

Butternuts 

Chestnuts 

Cocoanuts 

Filberts 

Peanuts 

Pecan Nuts 

Walnuts 500 1,900 570 3,200 







Carbo- 




otein 


Fat 


hydrates 


Total 


500 


2,100 


200 


3,200 


800 


1,900 


95 


3,100 


80 


95 


500 


1,200 


150 


i,3S0 


750 


2,700 


500 


2,100 


400 


3,300 


700 


1,100 


900 


2,700 


340 


2,400 


500 


3,400 



THOUGHT 

THE marvelous process by which beefsteak, 
milk, mince-pies, watermelons, doughnuts 
and food in other forms are converted 
into thoughts, is still among the unexplained 
phenomena of every-day life. Thoughts are, 
nevertheless, the product of these and other 
material things through the physical nature, 
as well as being the product of the ethereal or 
spiritual nature. 

Expressed differently thoughts are not en- 
tirely a product of the mind, but of the whole 
organization. Clear thinking, sound judgment, 
vigorous action always accompany a healthy 
body. 

The quality of our thoughts, as well as the 
quality of our muscles and bones, depends much 
on what and how we eat. The character of 
thought reflects the physical condition. 

The pleasant anticipation of your meals is 
an important feature of the eating process. The 
cultivation of an appreciation of the food you 
eat helps you to derive the greatest value from 
your food. By this is not meant the cultivation 

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of "the live to eat" habit, but rather "the eat 
to live" idea. Since we must take nourishment 
into our bodies to sustain life, it is best, as a 
matter of economy and efficiency, to acquire 
the habit of doing so in the way to secure the 
greatest benefit. 

The processes of eating and digestion are per- 
formed to the best advantage under the radiant 
sunshine of pleasant thoughts. 

Do not allow any cloud to shade the mental 
horizon when eating. Negative thoughts of 
fear, anger, worry and apprehension retard, and 
in extremes of any unpleasant condition, actu- 
ally stop the process of digestion. 

If you have an axe of dissension to grind, or 
a bone of contention to pick; if you are carry- 
ing a vindictive chip on your shoulder, deposit 
them all outside the portal to the festive board. 

Do not permit any except good, wholesome 
thoughts to enter your mind then (or any other 
time if you can prevent it) any more than you 
permit any except good, wholesome foods to 
enter your body. 

Did you ever hear of a band being hired to 
play a funeral dirge at a banquet? Or the guests 
being requested to bring all of their mournful 
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tales, grievous experiences and woeful vicissi- 
tudes, and their neighbors' as well, as an oppro- 
tunity would be given to each in turn to relate 
and rehearse their troubles for the mutual bene- 
fit of all present, on such a festive occasion ? 

No! Rather, 

"Eat, drink and be merry!" 

"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." 

"Let good health wait on appetite, 
And digestion on both." 

Carry a light heart to the dining room. Let 
the rafters ring with merriment and the atmos- 
phere of cheerfulness and good fellowship per- 
vade the eating place, whether that be the 
kitchen of a humble cottage, the banquet hall of 
kings, or the group which encircles the hunters' 
camp fire. Laughter and mirth aid digestion; 
stimulate the liver — the largest gland in the 
body — and quickens the circulation; exercise 
the diaphragm, the important muscle which 
forms the partition between the chest and the 
abdomen. Man is the only animal possessing 
this happy faculty — the ability to laugh. But 

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you won't get the benefit of it if you don't use 
it. Therefore, acquire the ability to enjoy a 
good laugh. 

Do not get angry! Do not lose your temper! 
Do not permit a violent wave of revengeful 
passion and rage to sweep over and shake your 
realm of self-control. It not only does not look 
well, and you are likely when in such a disturbed 
mental state to say and do things you will re- 
gret, but by so doing you are actually injuring 
your health. Such a condition generates organic 
poisons in your system which require time for 
eradication and considerable well directed effort 
to overcome their ill effects. Meanwhile, you 
suffer physically and mentally. 

You know a serpent is provided with sacs for 
receiving and storing poisonous matter which 
it creates and also possesses the power to in- 
stantly eject this venom as it strikes its victim. 
Mankind, the highest order of creation, is not, 
however, able to thus expel these vitiating pro- 
ducts, which, on the contrary, being longer re- 
tained in the human system, are productive of 
harmful and deleterious effects. 

Thinking thoughts which are unpleasant, 
unwholesome, devitalizing, brooding over real 
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or imaginary wrongs, harboring and retaining 
and allowing such intangible debris to remain 
in or dominate the mental system is mental 
constipation. Such a condition corresponds to 
physical constipation. And seriously impairs 
the health and harmonious operation of the en- 
tire physical body. Banish such negative and 
discomforting ingredients from your mental 
compound. 

You ask, "How shall I do this?" 

The method is easy and quick. You cannot 
really think of but one thing at a time. There- 
fore simply put into your mind new pleasing, 
wholesome, nourishing, vitalizing — positive 
thoughts instead. These will drive out the un- 
desirable. 

You may, unfortunately, have acquired the 
habit of harboring ill thoughts. And so to over- 
come this, and form the habit herein suggested, 
may require patient, persistent effort. But you 
can do it if you will ! 

You will be pleased with the almost immediate 
benefit. You instantly feel better and you are 
better. 

Allusion has just been made to the power of 
the will. 

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The will should be monarch of the mental 
realm. And if well trained can control the 
thoughts which enter the mind. On the kind of 
thoughts which you allow entrance to your mind 
first each day, when you awaken, largely depends 
the measure of your attainment that day. 

Optimistic, joyous, happy, bright, buoyant, 
wholesome, positive thoughts help harmonize 
the mind and body for the day's work. 

Pessimistic, sorrowful, cheerless, sullen — neg- 
ative thoughts greatly diminish your physical 
and mental ability. 

The attitude of your mind — the place in 
which your thoughts are manufactured is impor- 
tant. 

You know the magnetic needle ever turns 
toward that great centre of magnetic activity, 
the earth's pole. So, also, the magnet will divert 
and attract steel chips. 

Analogous to the power of the magnet is the 
human mind. It will attract those influences, 
impressions and attributes which are in tune with 
the predominant mental attitude of the individ- 
ual. If you really desire health, fix your mind 
on it; think it and think about it. Mentally 
picture yourself healthy. Anticipate and expect 
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health, act health. Believe you will gain it. 
All this will do more perhaps toward enabling 
you to realize your anticipation than perhaps 
you now believe. 

Thought has a vital bearing on the body. The 
mental nature and physical nature are intimately 
related. In fact, we are each the product of 
our thoughts. We are what we think — what we 
will to be. 

You recall that familiar quotation from the 
sacred page: "As a man thinketh in his heart, 
so is he." Centuries ago this great truth, this 
plain statement of the power of thought to 
mould, shape, and determine the character and 
the measure of success of each of us was given 
to the world. 

Do not habitually imagine any circumstances 
or conditions you do not want realized. Do not 
allow negative thoughts of possible failure, or 
sickness to occupy your mind else you will be 
liable to thus actually develop such conditions. 
Think and believe thoroughly and firmly and 
continually in health, happiness and prosperity 
for yourself. 

Health and happiness are not measured by the 
number of digits at the left of the decimal point 

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required to express your bank balance, but 
money gained by fair and honorable means may 
increase both. 

Do not consider anything too good or too 
great for you. Or conclude that the vast re- 
sources and wealth of this world are for a chosen 
few. You are entitled to all you can acquire by 
honesty and industry. Your ability and capa- 
city for work are your only limit. 

Do not confine your aspirations by what you 
may have thought before or handicap your 
ambition by conventionalities, or what some one 
else may have done. Deliberate a moment on 
the process of evolution which has been going on 
for ages; from oblivion, chaos, barbarism, igno- 
rance, superstition, down to the enlightened and 
improved conditions encompassing the people 
born to live in this dawn of the twentieth cen- 
tury. And as you compare and muse on the 
glories and blessings of to-day, reflect on the 
mysteries, powers and forces still unlocked and 
unrevealed in the earth and sky. These are the 
possibilities of to-morrow for those who forge 
ahead. 

To those who can think, originate, improve, 
invent and create "belong the spoils.'' 
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Be alert and alive to the best and greatest. 

Seize and appropriate in every legitimate way 
everything worth while that comes in your 
direction. The choicest that earth affords in 
health and wealth is your birthright. Live so 
you can claim it. You have only one life in the 
here and now. What you get out of this life 
depends on the way you use it and what you put 
into it. Therefore, your life is the most impor- 
tant subject to you. 

Conquest and victory are the issue from taking 
advantage of every favorable occasion and 
auspicious combination of conditions. You must 
be vigilant to apprehend and grasp these. 

Faith and confidence in yourself backed by 
determination to win makes a capital main- 
spring and which will enable you to "come back" 
every time. 

We are each prone to blame "luck," "fate," 
"circumstances," etc., for our success and fail- 
ures, not realizing how large a part we each have 
in determining these things for ourselves. We 
are each largely the architect of our own destiny. 

Ella Wheeler Wilcox has written: 

"Each thought is a nail that is driven 

In structures that cannot decay, 

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And the mansion at last shall be given 
To us as we build it to-day." 

Every moment in which you are awake your 
mind is occupied with thinking, meditating, 
imagining, pondering, musing. You are thus 
consciously or unconsciously establishing a men- 
tal plane or habitual mental attitude. This in 
turn is the model by which your life is being 
moulded and made to conform to day by day. 
It determines the kind of influences and impres- 
sions you exert upon others and also the kind 
of environment, conditions, qualities and oppor- 
tunities which you will attract to yourself. 

From this you can see the importance of right 
thinking. Have an ideal. Make it high. Work 
it out mentally. Make it complete, clear and 
sharp, as a mental image of what you would 
like to be, mentally and physically; the en- 
vironment in which you prefer to live and the 
way you would like to express yourself. Hold 
this constantly before your "mind's eye" and 
as the constant dropping of water wears away 
the stone, as the continual flow of the river cuts 
the earth away, so will your character be moulded 
your destiny be shaped. 
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Mind is the sculptor and thought is the chisel 
which hews and carves your lot. Your ideal is 
the model by which your fortune is wrought. 

These marvelous changes will not be brought 
about instantly. But as the silent, constant 
development and growth of the life principle is 
manifested in a babe or plant, so in reality will 
your mental image take material form all in 
accordance with your ideal, your mental pat- 
tern, your mind's image of what your ambition 
dictates. 

Thought is the architect and artisan which 
designs and executes your realized hopes and 
ambitions. The plane you reach on the heights 
of success will be no loftier than your plane of 
thought — your habitual mental attitude. 

All this is the product of the will as expressed 
through thought and action. 

The measure of your ideal which you attain 
and maintain is in direct proportion to your 
strength of will. This realization of your ideals 
requires concentration, courage, perseverance 
inspired and controlled by your will. 

Be the master of your will. 

All of these attributes are also developed and 
cultivated and strengthened by the daily exer- 

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cise of these qualities in striving to achieve your 
ideal. 

In this work of attainment you have a power- 
ful ally, a compelling and impelling conqueror 
to aid you, viz., the Law^of Suggestion — In- 
spiration. 

The Law of Suggestion may be defined as a 
force which excites or arouses an idea directly 
or indirectly in one's own mind or the mind of 
another — the systematic ,use^of any means to 
call up in the mind in a spontaneous or involun- 
tary way any thought or idea, as through asso- 
ciation, intimation, insinuation, comparison, etc. 

Perhaps you doubt the power of thought. 

Here is an illustration from actual life. A 
young boy apparently in the best of health had 
gone to visit his grandmother. This child had 
passed through severaljTseriousf physical afflic- 
tions and had just recently recovered from a 
grave illness. His grandmother, from natural af- 
fections, was not only very solicitous of his wel- 
fare, but the boy also was especially dear to her, 
for as a baby and during the first years of his 
life she had the larger share of ../thought and care 
in his development. As sudden as the shock 
of an unexpected blow the boy began to sicken. 
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He rapidly grew worse and when the physician 
announced, in his opinion, that the child was 
the victim of a virulent contagious disease the 
grandmother was instantly prostrated. 

Why? She accepted the suggestion of the 
probable condition of the child as a fact, and 
mentally realizing the seriousness of the con- 
sequences, this thought almost immediately 
deranged her entire physical organization. The 
physician said another twenty-four hours would 
confirm or deny his suspicions regarding the 
boy's condition. 

After the doctor's careful examination on the 
following morning he decided that the boy 
unquestionably had not the supposed disease, 
but the symptoms of the previous day were 
probably caused by acute indigestion and a few 
days of good care would effect the cure. Almost 
instantly the grandmother regained her strength, 
and got up well. Why the change? Simply the 
influence of the good positive thoughts suggested 
by the doctor and his assurance that the child 
was out of danger and on the road to rapid 
recovery. 

Many people have been actually cured of 
physical ailments by drinking plain, ordinary, 

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pure water, or taking tablets made of common 
salt or sugar, when labeled with the name of 
some famous mineral water, or medicine, which 
had been suggested to them so forcibly, by 
friends or advertisements, that they thoroughly 
believed and were actually convinced that those 
particular remedies were the only means which 
would effect the cure. 

Here is another specific case. A woman was 
losing the sight of one eye by the growth of a 
cataract. She consulted an optician who " pre- 
scribed" glasses made of a particular kind of 
glass and peculiar lenses. He explained this 
glass possessed the remarkable power to heal 
her eye if she would wear the glasses constantly 
as directed for a specified time. She agreed, paid 
him about six times the usual price for the 
glasses, followed his advice and was cured. 
Cured by the force of the thought he inspired in 
her by so strongly " suggesting" the curative 
power of the glasses. She accepted, believed 
and lived it. 

These cures illustrate results which were really 
accomplished by the power of thought through 
suggestion. 

Numerous are the recorded instances of phys- 
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ical conditions changed, aid rendered, assistance 
effected, sickness averted, health regained, pros- 
perity assured, character transformed — all the 
direct result of the power of thought rightly 
directed. 

Xext in importance to the existence of this 
powerful factor in the control of circumstances 
and the shaping of destiny is the fact that the 
utilizing of this Law of Suggestion — the applica- 
tion of this wonderful thought force is available 
to whosoever will avail himself or herself of it. 
Free and inexhaustible as the air. 

By whatever term, fad, fancy or creed you 
choose to designate this power of mind over mat- 
ter, this ability of the mental to control the 
physical is of small consequence. Whatever it is 
not — it is science. The Law is unchange- 
able. 

The mind possesses the power to exert a direct 
and tremendous influence upon the body. The 
brain is the seat of the mind. 

Brains are one of the indispensable possessions 
with which we are endowed when we awake on 
this " terrestrial ball." Brains are born — not 
made, or canned, for posterity. You will not 
find them offered at bargain sales, or among the 

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"57 varieties." Although you cannot buy 
additions to your heritage, you can develop 
your initial allotment with use. Think! 

When you inventory your assets, remember 
there is one thing of inestimable value that you 
have in as large a measure as the richest man, or 
the highest potentate. And that is time. Each 
one of your days comprise twenty-four hours; 
no shorter and no one else's is any longer. All 
the progress of the ages has been accomplished in 
time. Time is precious and fleeting. You cannot 
use what is past, but with every day are born new 
opportunities. You cannot afford to waste 
time. Every hour that passes is gone forever. 

"And our hearts, though stout and brave, 
Still, like muffled drums are beating 
Funeral marches to the grave." 

No matter how many worlds you have con- 
quered, or lost — there are always opportunities 
ahead. Some are transitory, some disguised, 
some hidden, some small, others great. But even 
if you succeed in catching up with a big husky 
opportunity, the chances are she will not send 
you an invitation by special delivery to arrest 
her, or tap you on the shoulder and present a 
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formal introduction. There may be other op- 
portunities following you around with a club 
and you not know it. So it is up to you to be 
the detective and the crafty hunter. This 
requires keen perception, courage, zeal and the 
power to act. 

There is nothing that will spur you on and 
hold you to the task like self-interest (not 
selfish interest — that is different). Self-interest 
is the element in work in which you will share in 
the profits in proportion to the amount of brain, 
and brawn or money you put in and make good. 

Under these conditions, the time clock becomes 
a " check punch" and rules and regulations 
" strings" of a harmonious chord. Therefore 
attach yourself in some vital way to some alive 
and paying proposition or institution. 

Generally speaking, the larger the proportion 
of "brains" you mix with your investment of 
effort, money, etc., the larger will be the finan- 
cial yield from your experience crucible. 



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THE WILL 

WHAT is the will? 
Whedon defines the will as ;" That power 
of the soul by which it intentionally 
originates an act or state of being." 

Wundt says; "The will is the power of self- 
determination . . and the active 

side of consciousness." 

Scientists agree that the will is an attribute, 
or faculty of the soul, — "the real self." 

Your soul, your real self is immortal, therefore 
eternal — always young. What difference does 
it make how old in years you are? Your life 
began when you were conceived in love. Years, 
simply as periods of time, may be of great impor- 
tance to a dog, or an elephant, but really mean 
little to a life, such as yours, which was born to 
live forever. 

What you do with your years — your life — 
how well you improve your one or more talents, 
that is of vital importance to you. 

The soul is the power, the strength, the 
ability, the capacity, the caliber of the individual. 
But the caliber, the possibilities of the soul — 
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your real self — are as limitless as the length, 
breadth, height and depth of boundless space. 
The things which handicap and limit the growth 
and development of the soul are low ideals, lack 
of ambition, — a stunted and untrained mind. 

The will is the king-pin of the whole individ- 
ual. All one's powers, mental and physical, 
exist for naught without the ruling, directing 
and stimulating energy of the will. 

The will is the dynamic force which gets 
results. It invigorates and converts inclina- 
tions and tendencies into action, — realities. It 
makes the " wisher" a "doer. " Without the 
will hopes, aspirations and desires fade away 
into unrealized day dreams. Devoid of the will 
a noble purpose is like a mighty engine without 
steam. 

Be the subject love or war, sublime or ridicu- 
lous, aesthetic or ugly, the right to choose, the 
authority to command, the judgment to decide, 
the inclination to follow, the power to direct, 
all belong to the human will. 

Desirable environment is the product of high 
ideals multiplied by the energy of a strong will : 
thought plus action. This is what has trans- 
formed the pine torch into the electric light; 

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converted the prairie-schooner into the Pullman 
train; changed the mail-coach into the tele- 
phone and wireless telegraph; merged the "one 
hoss-shay" into the automobile; turned the 
log cabin into the palace; effected the transi- 
tion from the forest into the metropolis and the 
wilderness into the vineyard and fields of golden 
grain. 

Contrast the environment of the average 
individual to-day with that of his predecessor 
of even fifty years ago to leave unmentioned the 
surroundings of our forefathers of one hundred 
or more years past. 

The efficiency of the will depends upon two 
things, viz., health and training. 

If a person is physically weak the will is weak. 
Persevering effort and the ability to concen- 
trate the attention effectively to accomplish a 
given result is impossible without good health 
and indefatigable energy. Feeble wandering 
attention accompanies physical weakness. 

Bodily vigor helps the memory, — another 
faculty of the soul. 

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opment of an oak tree, not by magic in a trice. 
It is the result of persistent effort. 

The ability to really enjoy life is only the 
result of persevering application to a given task. 
Ceaseless activity, rightly directed in the ac- 
complishment of some end which at first may 
seem impossible, is the true essence of the joy 
of living. The achievement of a high ideal is 
the acme of real happiness. 

The pleasures of our sojourn on this footstool 
of the Almighty are increased a hundredfold 
by work. Bad is the lot of any man or woman 
who seeks contentment and enjoyment in indo- 
lence. 

One's state of mind is determined by the 
thoughts which occupy it. Whether you are 
happy or the reverse largely depends on the 
power of your will to direct your thoughts and 
feelings. If your will is trained and developed, 
so it is king of your mental domain, you can 
admit or deny entrance to whatever thoughts 
surge and clamor for recognition. 

An immense aid to the development of the 
will is to first, have a goal, then cultivate an 
ardent love for the result you seek to attain. 

Learn to love to perform the simple acts and 

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follow the plain rules, which make up this "pre- 
scription" for physical ease herein set forth, 
and thereby win the great reward — health 
— in compensation for your efforts. Do these 
things until they become habitual — "auto- 
matic" — and then they are easy and a source 
of great pleasure. 

You know the philosophy of habit is based 
on the property of plasticity which is possessed 
by the human organism. This characteristic 
is greatest in childhood and gradually dimin- 
ishes with each succeeding year. On this de- 
pends the lasting value of the early training — 
"bringing up" — of children and the impor- 
tance of correct influences and environment 
with which they are surrounded during those 
years when their characters, which are made 
up of complicated tendencies and ideas, are 
most easily moulded and shaped. 

It is possible to change one's habits and one's 
character at any time. But the difficulties to 
surmount in effecting such changes increase as 
the years advance. 

Why? 

Because in early life one's inclinations and 
tendencies are most easily changed. The first 
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time you perform a definite act you express a 
decision of your will. The first performance 
of every act (and often the repetition of many 
acts) is the result of conscious, deliberate action 
of the will. 

The mental states leading to the action are: 

1 You desire to do it. 

2 You have a reason or motive for doing it. 

3 You decide to do it. 

4 You choose how you will do it. 

5 You do it. 

In doing any act the first time a new channel 
is started over a certain sensory nerve to a cer- 
tain brain cell and back over a certain motor 
nerve to a certain muscle or muscles required 
to perform the act. Each time you repeat this 
act this particular channel is deepened. Each 
succeeding effort to execute this same act makes 
the accomplishment easier. You thus gain 
facility. 

By persistently repeating the act daily you 
soon form the habit and you are able to do it 
automatically, i. e., speedily, easily, accurately, 
confidently and without close attention or con- 
scious effort. 

From this you can readily realize the tremen- 

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dous advantage, from an economic standpoint, 
of systematizing your daily struggle toward the 
goal of health in the performing of this " pro- 
gramme" of breathing, thinking, exercising, 
cleansing, eating and drinking for the best 
results. 

If you plan these duties in the best way and 
faithfully do them according to your plan each 
and every day, you will soon "get the habit" 
and thus gain the greatest efficiency. And then 
you can do them thoroughly with the least 
exertion and in the quickest time. 

If you have formed undesirable habits, those 
which handicap and impede your attempts to 
achieve the highest success — get rid of them! 
It may take years to dig out some negative 
habits by the roots and plant, cultivate and rear 
positive ones in their places. But you can do 
it if you will — provided you will sufficiently 
strong. Consequently, if you do not accomplish 
what you want to do, or attain the success you 
desire instantly do not relax your efforts. Keep 
at it and you will win! Courage and persever- 
ance rightly directed will accomplish great} re- 
sults and their help in overcoming undesirable 
habits is indispensable. 
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A word of caution, — do not confuse stubborn- 
ness, mulishness, impulsiveness, explosive out- 
bursts of the emotions, or the dilly-dally, dreamy, 
indefinite, vacillating, spasmodic effort, or the 
"I — don't know-where-I'm-going," but — "I'm-on 
the-way" characteristics of some people, with 
the force, the strength, the tenacity, the vigor, 
the mighty impelling and compelling power of a 
well trained will. 

The calm, resolute, indomitable will, counseled 
and instructed by the sound judgments and wis- 
dom of an able intellect surmounts every ob- 
stacle, levels every mountain of difficulty and 
bridges every chasm of disappointment and 
despair, and rides supremely, triumphantly, the 
inconquerable monarch of mortal activity. 

Even the powers of darkness and that Grim 
Reaper have respect for this unlimited power in 
the human realm, for does not death sometimes 
" stand by and wait an hour" for such a will? 

How may the will be trained? 

First, by giving it and the process by which it 
is trained, or developed, attention. Back this 
with strong ambition and desire for success and 
interest in its attainment. The power of the 
will is developed by the daily effort to overcome 

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the tendency to idleness, and banish any in- 
clination to laziness. 

Second, you must earnestly desire to train 
it. The training of the will cannot be accom- 
plished without the u flame of desire" any more 
than you can relish your breakfast without 
desiring to eat, or enjoy walking five miles to a 
football game unless you desire to do it. And 
the " hotter" — more ardently — you kindle the 
flame with enthusiasm, the quicker and easier 
you will get results. Get " hungry" for the task. 
Love the strife to win the goal. Aspire! 

Third, you must create intense interest in the 
task, but do not spend too much time in " con- 
templation." Get action! 

Fourth, you must definitely decide to go at it. 
And be as persistent as you are enthusiastic. 

Fifth, you must select your plan of action. 
Don't use " bird-shot," i. e., do not work aim- 
lessly like a ship in a storm without a rudder, or 
scatter your eiforts in spasmodic endeavor. 
But keeping your mind's eye clearly focused on 
your "objective terminus," achieve your suc- 
cess by repeated well directed efforts — each 
driven like a rifle shot straight through every 
obstacle. 
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Sixth, you must execute your plan. Perform 
the processes as rapidly as possible but remember 
you are not trying to construct a sand house — 
for time. You are striving to build an impreg- 
nable fortress — for eternity. Therefore, while 
celerity is desirable do not start with such a 
burst of speed that you will weary at the " first 
turn." Better start slowly and surely and speed 
up as you progress. Cling to every advantage 
gained and never relinquish your grip except 
to get a fresh hold. 

You will do what you will. You will be 
what you will. 

As health is the first requisite for success so 
also health, a good physique and a wealth of 
physical energy are the first requisites to train 
and develop a strong will. 

The object of this little book is to enable you 
to gain health. Do not think, because you have 
not now everything you want, that you cannot 
attain the coveted goal. Use the powers you 
have to the best advantage and you will be in a 
fair way to achieve the desired end because these 
powers grow and increase with use. 

The next step, in training the will, is to train 
the intellect — the power to think. Dismiss un- 

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wholesome thoughts from the mind. Do not 
clog and poison the mind with ill, sad, morbid, 
morose, depressing, vindictive, idle, devitalizing 
thoughts. 

This is mental constipation. 

The mental attributes of memory and imagina- 
tion and the sensibilities should also receive 
attention. 

Employ the Law of Suggestion. 

The doing, the performing of these requisites 
faithfully and persistently constitutes the train- 
ing of the will. The sure and natural conse- 
quence is the possession of a strong will, as a 
part of the very essence of yourself, the sovereign 
of your being. 

Remember, everything that has ever been 
accomplished, every eminent victory, every 
well-wrought career, every great achievement 
heralded from the hills of fame, is simply what 
the other fellow — another human being — has 
done. 

He or she did it, not by paying homage at the 
alter of "hard luck," or waiting for something 
to "turn up," or by "watching the clock," or 
joining the tribe of "quitters." But by making 
stepping-stones of failures, ladders of disappoint- 
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merits and elevators of opposition; by the will- 
power of keeping everlastingly at it. "Go thou 
and do likewise!" Act. 



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MEDITATION 

IN ADDITION to the help one can surely 
gain by forming the habit of harboring only 
cheerful, optimistic thoughts; by cultivating 
the art of self-control; by using the Law of 
Suggestion and proper exercise in the process 
of developing the mental and physical powers 
to a high degree, some time spent in meditation 
is important. 

Meditation is continuous, serious, contem- 
plative thought on any subject. Whether the 
subject is some article which has claimed your 
attention, or some problem with which you are 
confronted for solution, or an idea, or proposed 
plan, meditation, reflection, helps to shape the 
course which will materialize in action. 

Meditation aids "mental digestion." 

There is no more profound subject, no theme 
which will inspire more noble and sublime 
thoughts than God's Universe. 

Go out on a clear night and behold the 
heaven's diamond studded arch of blue. Con- 
sider that each of the (more than) 30,000,000 stars 
visible with the telescope are another "world" 
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occupying its own place in boundless space; 
each following its trackless course guided and 
controlled with Infinite precision. 

In our conflict for social pre-eminence and 
industrial prestige, w x ith our overmastering strife 
after the "greed of Croesus" we make a lot of 
noise, more or less inharmonious, and attain a 
degree of speed. 

This is an age of discovery, development, 
progress and speed. 

If we build an engine which will propel an 
earth-craft or an air-craft at a speed-rate of 
ioo miles per hour, we think that is "going 
some." To accomplish that measure of velocity 
we generate a lot of noise to leave unmentioned 
some smoke and smell. 

But as you gaze and meditate on the silent 
stars, the majesty, the sublimity, the magnitude 
and the wonders of nature and ponder her ways, 
contrast her processes and results with those of 
man's kind. 

Her tremendous forces at work everywhere 
are as mute as the sphynx. 

Did you ever hear the grass grow, or be kept 
awake by the trees bursting into foliage, or have 
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din from the annual growing corn and wheat 
crops ? 

Our earth, one of the eight major planets, 
is 7,900 miles in diameter. We think of it as a 
large place. And so it is. But compared with 
the whole of creation our little sphere is almost 
insignificant. 

The giant planet, Jupiter, is n times larger 
in diameter and 1,279 times greater in volume 
than the earth. Our sun is 107 times larger in 
diameter and 1,300,000 times greater in volume 
than the earth. And many of the "stars" are 
suns much larger than ours. 

The revolution of the earth on its axis whirls 
its surface through space (at the equator) at 
the terrific speed of nearly 1,000 miles per hour, 
or more than 16 times faster than the finest 
limited trains. 

The diameter of the earth's orbit is 185,000-, 
000 miles and the circumference of this "track" 
is 583,416,000 miles. We hear that large bodies 
"move slowly," yet the earth covers this dis- 
tance on its annual tour around the sun in 365 
days at the incomprehensible speed of 66,000 
miles per hour. 

These are gigantic distances which the finite 
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mind can scarcely appreciate. But this area 
bounded by the earth's orbit is a sort of village 
square when likened to other tracts in the super- 
nal realm. 

For instance, so huge is the orbit of the 
planet Neptune and so far is this body (2,791 
million miles) from the sun that 165 years are 
required for it to complete one revolution around 
this centre of our solar system. Thus, a journey 
on Neptune commenced on the signing of the 
Declaration of Independence would not be com- 
pleted until 1941. 

So far is this planet from us, that if King 
Cheops, instead of building the pyramids of 
Egypt back in 2800 B.C., had started on a trip 
to Neptune in an express train and had traveled 
continuously, day and night, at the rate of 65 
miles per hour, he would not have reached his 
destination until the dawn of the twentieth cen- 
tury. 

The distance across the incandescent expanse 
of the Nebula of Orion is computed as 50,000,- 
000,000,000 miles, but this vast space is only 
a small " patch " on the dome of the visible 
Universe. 

We were "brought up" to think of the earth 

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as not a very old part of creation. Yet science 
reveals the fact that the earth is a detached frag- 
ment of the sun. And that the biblical account 
of the beginning of the world refers to a period of 
time doubtless aeons ago instead of about 6,000 
of "our" years. Also the length of days in which 
the creation was accomplished was not of the 
"Union" limit of eight hours, each or even 
twenty-four hours each, but represented divi- 
sions of time covering innumerable ages. 

Light travels 186,600 miles per second. This 
equals a speed of about nine times around the 
earth while the clock ticks once. Waves pro- 
duced by electrical oscillations have the same 
velocity as light waves. 

The sun is 93,000,000 miles from the earth. 
Light covers this distance in a little more than 
eight minutes. 

A "light year" is 5,865,696,000,000 miles. 
This is an astronomical "unit of measure" used 
to simplify the calculating of distances in the 
celestial region. It represents the space trav- 
ersed by light in one year. 

So far beyond the confines of our solar system 
are many of the stars, that the appearance of 
the heavens to us to-day is in many respects 
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what existed centuries ago, i. e., the distances 
in the firmament are of such stupendous magni- 
tude that the light of distant "suns" does not 
reach us for hundreds of years. For this reason 
a new star may be "born" a thousand years 
before its discovery. The new star Nova Persei 
is so far from the earth that its light though 
travelling at the rate of 186,600 miles per second 
did not reach our sphere until 600 years after the 
collision or explosion occurred which produced 
this heavenly body. 

Volcanic eruptions sometimes occur on the 
earth with sufficient force to propel matter from 
5 to 50 miles into the air. Although these phe- 
nomena are appalling they are like a small boy's 
Fourth of July compared with the monstrous 
gaseous eruptions which occur on the sun. 
These are known to have shot out 400,000 miles 
from the surface and at an estimated speed of 
500 miles per second. 

Burning acetylene in oxygen produces 6,300° 
Fahr. This is the hottest flame we can generate 
as a product of combustion. This might be 
likened to a mild refrigerator when compared 
to the temperature of the sun which is calculated 
as 25,000° to 40,000° Fahr. 

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Upon beholding and meditating on the elo- 
quence and grandeur of the amazing starry 
realm and contemplating the marvels of God's 
handiwork one is led to think that such was the 
scene which inspired the immortal Psalmist 
3,000 years ago, as, with reverential awe, he 
exclaimed : 

"When I consider thy heavens the work of 
thy fingers, the moon and the stars which Thou 
has ordained; what is man that Thou art mind- 
ful of him?" 

The least of created beings has a part and fills 
a place, however insignificant and humble, that 
cannot be supplied in any other way. As we are 
each a component of the whole, we are each 
dependent one upon the other. "No man liveth 
unto himself." Your every righteous thought, 
your every noble impulse reaches out, joins 
with, quickens and strengthens the oscillating, 
pulsating chord of love in Life's surging, rest- 
less throng. 

Likewise, your every uncharitable, harsh, 
spiteful thought, your every influence of ill-will 
intensifies the malice and bitterness of the world 
by which numberless souls may be forced to 
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recoil and shrink with the pain from this invisi- 
ble foe. 

Therefore, in the process of self-improvement 
and self-development we are not only directly 
benefiting ourselves, but we are also indirectly 
benefiting the great " common cause " — our 
fellowmen. 

Although the colossal extent of the Universe 
transcends human apprehension, we are each an 
essential element of the Eternal plan. "For 
Thou hast made him a little lower than the 
angels." 



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